A few days ago I saw a silver Roosevelt just sitting in a pile of change in a box on the counter of a grocery store. Asked the cashier if I could purchase the dime for $1, as the box was a ''feed the homeless'' charity box. Manager said no. I seriously cannot stop thinking about that dime. I know it is only worth $2.43, unless it is a DDR or something...but my mind keeps racing. What if it was a year that I don't have yet? What if it WAS a DDR? GAHHHHH! Am I going crazy?!?! Now I am on this major DIME kick, looking to buy a lot or even a roll if I can get it at melt or slightly more. Anyone else have something like this happen to them? --Rob.
Happens all the time. I've spotted silver and early cents in the boxes but all apparently are off limits. Some have little padlocks on it that only the charity can open. The stores don't touch them because they don't want to be accused of tampering. Some of the charities hire a coin dealer to go through the coins before they are rolled and the dealer pays for the silver and collectible coins he finds.
That's nothing. There's been several times when I was cashing in at TD Bank and there was silver in the half dollar bag. Policy is that once coin goes through the machine, it cannot leave the bag. What have I missed out on over the past few years? A modern 90% silver commemorative. 1912-D Barber in F15 or so. About $10 face 1964 Kennedys. And the occasional silver coin here and there... those are just the ones that stick out and I remember.
At the same store at the same counter in the same box I once saw a 1946 dime ontop of a 1964 quarter and themanager sold those coins to me at face but I gave more for the charity. Different manager this time. I understand why he said no but I mean what is the big deal? Oh well I just hope I get lucky in the near future.
Sorry, this thread Is kinda old, but I once saw a silver dime, In one of those change despenser things, manager tried to get it but said she couldn't, I was so mad, a merc, it could have been a 1916 d, was in great shape, the worst part is they dolnt use that machine at all, so I cant just buy 10 packs of gum at 79 cents apiece to get it, arrgg
If you had two dimes and a little time to spare, you could take note of the dates on your dimes, then drop them into the machine. Push the coin eject, and see if the two dimes that fall out are yours. If they are not, you can just keep doing that and it will cycle through all the dimes.
I had an experience where my wife (foolishly) told my maybe 4 year old son to hold a $50 bill while we stood in line at McDonald's. He put the bill in the Kroc House (or whatever it's called) box, and they told us that we could try to fish it out with a knife if we were supervised. Even if you don't have kids, you can probably say something like, "I donated with the change from my left pocket but thought it was my right pocket. I keep collectible coins I find in my left pocket." Some nonsense like that along with, "Let me speak to your manager! I'm telling everyone I know that you don't properly service the customer!" will almost certainly make them let you get the coin. ***Disclaimer: this post is practical and not ethical. You will almost certainly have to lie to actually pull this off if your circumstances match OP's. It's up to you if that's okay or not.
